İhsangazi

Key points of interest

PDO İhsangazi Siyez Wheat Fields (10,000-Year Ancient Grain)

High-altitude plateau fields cultivating 10,000-year-old ancient Einkorn wheat (Siyez).

İhsangazi Traditional Siyez Stone Flour Mills

Historic water mills grinding ancient Siyez wheat into nutrient-rich unrefined stone-ground flour.

İhsangazi Central Ancient Grain Bazaar

Town center market trading certified organic Siyez bulgur, flour, honey, and agricultural produce.

Investment outlook

İhsangazi holds an impressive Transparent Investment Score of 89.5/100, recognized as a specialized ancient Siyez wheat agro-export, organic agriculture, and land-reserve market. Driven by global health interest in ancient einkorn grains, land and residential buy values average $850/m² with steady capital preservation (~44.0% YoY in USD).

Living here

Residing in İhsangazi offers a quiet, healthy, and serene plateau lifestyle with pure spring water and clean high-oxygen air. Residents benefit from 100% organic ancient grain foods, safe community streets, affordable living costs, and close-knit highland solidarity.

History & cultural identity

İhsangazi, set on high agricultural plateaus and rolling river plains in southern Kastamonu, holds an ancient Roman, Seljuk, and ancient Siyez wheat agricultural history. Known historically as an agricultural sanctuary, İhsangazi is world-famous as the absolute homeland of PDO İhsangazi Siyez Buğdayı (Einkorn wheat)—one of the world's oldest domesticated ancient wheat varieties, cultivated continuously in these highlands for over 10,000 years.